The origin and evolution of the collèges classiques in Canada before 1800.

The collèges classiques have been the most noteworthy of French Canadian educational institutions. Yet there have been very few studies on the history of these schools in Canada in the French language, and none in English. Since there is a lack of such studies, particularly on the early period of the collèges classiques, it was deemed expedient that a survey of the origin and early development of these institutions be undertaken. [...